The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1934, Page 5

“ CENTRAL PART OF STATE BETTER OFF THAN WEST SECTOR Wheat Crops Will Be Negligible, Reports of County Agents Indicate (This ts the third of a series of four stories dealing with crop and ie conditions in North Da- cota.) Farmers in the central portion of 16 counties, are little better off than/ their western neighbors from the) standpoint of expectation of grain or the state, comprising, roughly, feed crops. Reports gathered from 13 county agents in the section in a survey by the Associated Press show little im- provement in general conditions, in comparison with counties to the west. ‘Wheat crops will be negligible, the re- ports indicate, with scarcely any crop in barley, flax or oats to be expected. Emergency feed crops o§ millet and cane have been stricken by the drouth in this section, also, and will be of lit- tle benefit. The problem of wintering cattle faces farmers in this territory. Some farmers in the territory have met the problem of drouth with irri- gation of small garden patches. Oth- ers, less fortunately situated, without bottom lands where irrigation is an easier method, are faced with the prospect of no crop. Cattle in this section are dying al- though the death loss is not heavy. Very few farmers have abandoned their land. Reports By Counties By counties, agents’ reports show: Burleigh county—Five per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Five per cent of acreage in flax, barley and joats will be harvested. County will not get its seed back. Corn is in poor condition and very little will mature, very smril crops of millet and cane (emergency feed crops). Condiitons purchased. 30,000 to be shipped. Ap- proximately 25,000 can be wintered. Not enough local feed to winter cattle. few cattle dying from lack of water; none from starvation. One per cent of farmers abandoning tracts. Gen- eral conditions: Much worse. Many wells, water holes and creeks becom- ing dry. Bottineau county—Five to 10 per cent of wheat acreage will be harvest- ed. No flax, barley or oats. County will not get its seed back. Condition of corn very poor, will not mature. Emergency feed crops, poor. Will be of no value. Cattle in fair condition. 10,500 cattle shipped. 14,000 purchas- ed to Aug. 10. 10,000 to be shipped. 10,000 can be wintered, although there * Prices below are good for i MUSTARD :: BEANS, Stand. Cut Wax NAPKINS, IGA Asst. in CLIVE COCOA, IGA Pure, ¥ Ib. POPCORN, Carol, 1 Ib. cello pkg. Macaroni Produe GELATINE DESSERT POWDER, IGA, pkg. CLEANSER, IGA, can . PICNIC PLATES, Lae of 24..... WAX PAPER, IGA, 40 ft. roll . PORK & BEANS 2°. a» -~ 100 KIDNEY BEAN iy SPAGHETT HOMINY ssi RICE FLAKES, IGA, FLOATING SOAP, IGA, YEAST, IGA, pkg. MARASCHINO CHERRI CORN FLAKE GRAPE NUT FLAKES, SODA, A & H, pkg. . LYE, Lewis, can .. PIMENTOS, 2 oz, glass . 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Logan Outlook Gloomy Logan county—No wheat, flax, bar- ley or oats will be harvested. Corn is “very poor” and will not mature. Millet and cane are drying up and will be of no value. Cattle condition is “fair to poor.” Some cattle are dy- ing of starvation, occasionally from lack of water. 9,600 cattle shipped; 18,000 bought, 1,000 more probably to be purchased; 5,400 to be shipped. 7,- 800 can be wintered. Insufficient feed to winter cattle. Few farmers abandoning their farms. General comparison with year ago, “feed crop has gone from little to nothing.” Emmons county—Wheat an “‘abso- lute failure.” There are a few low which may be cut for hay. There will not be 100 acres harvested in the county. Oats, barley and flax are also @ failure. Oats and barley which grow tall enough to cut for hay will be mowed for roughage together with thistles, There will be no flax cut in the county. Seed will have to be fur- mished next spring for the entire county, Seventy-five per cent of the corn has not grown sufficent to be for use as fodder. Most of it is withered, ly- ing flat on the ground. Twenty-five Per cent ranges from 18 inches to three feet in height and will perhaps make fodder, no corn will mature. Emergency crops of millet and cane will not mature, and will be of no value. Only forage expected are thistles with small amount of grain from _low places. Few Emmons Cattle Shipped Cattle are dying from starvation, due to fact few can be shipped from county. A large number of farmers are hauling water from five to twelve miles to water their cattle. Farmers have been unable to secure enough water.” This could be prevented if the improvement set-up can get in operation so that farmers may borrow money to drill wells. Very few farm- ers have abandoned their farms. General conditions are much worse than last year. 13,000 cattle shipped; 18,000 purchased. Many farmers will be forced to sell all their cattle. Prob- ably be able to winter 15,000 head, where normally winter 40,000 head. Insufficient feed for wintering. Rolette—Ten per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Two per cent, oats; 15 per cefit, barley and five per cent flax. County will get back about 75 per cent of seed. Corn very poor, will not mature. Emer- —$—$—$—$—__—_—_ | Weather Report | ——— For Bismarck and vicinity: ably showers and cooler tonight; Tne dyand cooler clou- con Tacaerwd Loretta son er tonight; = partly cloudy dy tonight: Sat- urday unsettled followed. by cool-! er. For Montana: “unsettled tonight, cooler northwest ‘tions; Saturday ler east of Divide. and north-central generally fair, For Minnesota: Unsettled, possibly showers and cooler in northwest. por- tion Friday night; pauetays cloudy and cooler, probably showers in north- east portion. GENERAL CONDITIONS ssure areas Overlie the Lakes region and the Pacific coast region (Roseburg 30.18). A few light, scattered showers have occurred during the past ie hours, but the weather is mostly fair in all sec- tions. Zeceratiees are slightly above the seasonal normal from the Plains States eastward to the Great Lakes station barometer, inches: 28.15. Reduced to sea level, 29.88. Missouri river stage at 7 a. m. -1.6 ft. 24 hour change, -0.1 ft. PRECIPITATION rek station: ‘Total this month to date ...... Normal, this month to date Total, January Ist to date \ Normal, January Ist to date’.. 12.17 Accumulated deficiency to date 632 NORTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est est Pct. MEMAREE. cle clear SESE a BESSVsSoseseeVesessceR . BeRssssssssesssssss: S eseesessssses SOUTH DAKOTA Baek 8g "ee? WEATHER IN OTHER STATES High- Low- 4 2 Bhsbeheebssseseeshssssessossssssssessss: SSSSSSPSRTLRSSSIEVSSSEIESSRSSSSSSASTITE: gency feed crops 95 per cent failure. With rain @ little late pasture may be provided. Condition of cattle: Poor to fair. There will be sufficient feed for cattle through winter. Very few cattle dying from starvation or lack of water. No abandonment of farms. Conditions much worse than last year—estimate 60 per cent of last year’s crop will be harvested this year. A surplus of about 500 horses must be moved soon. 5,000 head of cattle shipped; 3,500 bought; approx- imately 6,000 to be shipped. Approxi- mately 7,000 can be wintered. Stutsman Gets 10 Per Cent Stutsman county—Ten per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Five Per cent of acreage in barley and oats, and two per cent of flax. Coun- ty will not get seed back. Corn is 20 per cent of normal, very little will ma- ture. Millet and cane is 25 per cent of normal, and will be of small valt Death loss of cattle because of lac os water or starvation is not heavy but is on the increase. Few farmers abandoning farms. General condi- tion: 20 per cent of last year. 12,- 600 cattle shipped; 28,000 bought; 25,- 000 to be shipped; 30,000 can be win- tered. Insufficient feed for winter- ing. McHenry county—Fifteen per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Two per cent of oats ard barley and no flax. County will not get its seed back. Corn is very poor and will not mature. Cane and millet (emergency feed crops) will yield only 10 per cent; will be of little value. Cattle are “barely existing.” There will not be sufficient feed for them through win- ter. There is no known abandonment of farms. General conditions: 50 Per cent worse than last year. 8,500 cattle shipped; 14,600 bought; 6,100 to be shipped. No estimate on how many can be wiatered. Eddy county—Ten per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Oats, barley and flax will yield five per cent of acreage planted. County will not get its seed back. Corn is poor, will not mature Emergency feed crops are a “total failure.” Cat- tle face insufficient feed through winter. No cattle dying from starva- tion or lack of water. General condi- tion: Much below last year. 7,390 cattle shipped; 7,300 bought; none to be shipped. Fifty per cent of remain- ing cattle can be wintered. Benson Feed Problem Acute Benson county—Ten per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Ten per cent of acreage in oats, barley and fiax will be harvested. - Corn is drying up and will not mature emergency feed crops are “poor” and will be of no value. Condition of cattle: poor. Acute feed and pasture shortage for it out"—no abandonments. General condition: “Incomparable” no feed, No crop this year at all.” 14,000 cat- tle shipped; 14,000 bought; about “Da- | 5,000 more to be shipped this fall. 20,- 000 can be wintered. Insufficient feed for wintering. Sheridan county—Less than 4 per cent of wheat acreage will be harvest- ed Not more than 5 per cent of acre- age in oats, barley and flax. County eee not get its seed back. Corn very jPoor; 10 per cent may mature. Em- ‘ergency feed crops are drying-up, but ;|may be of some value if rain comes soon. General condition of cattle: good. Cattle in northern townships are thin due to lack of sufficient feed and water. Remainder of county good, despite drying-out of pastures. Not more than 8,000 head of cattle can be wintered. Feed will have to be shipped in for winter. Corn and bar- ley are being shipped in now. No cattle dying; sheep are thin but “far- ing pretty well.” No general aban- donment of farms. General condi- tion: Less than 10 per cent compar- ea with last year. 8,379 cattle ship- ped; 14,278 cattle bought; 13,281 head to be shipped. Russian Thistle To Get Use Pierce county—Ten per cent of wheat acreage will be harvested. Oats and barley will produce less than 1 per cent, Flax will be a 30 per cent. crop. County will not get its seed back. Corn is poor, will not mature. Emergency feed crops are poor; it is very short, rain would help greatly. Not enough feed in county to winter 34 \cattle, who are dying from lack of water. Cattle travel two or three 96 5.85| miles for water—“too much for their present condition.” Many wells in county are going dry. Thistle is the only pasture feed. Cattle can prob- ably get along until fall. Practically all livestock will be carried through winter on Russian thistle. Grains, feeds will have to be purchased to be fed with poor quality roughage. Probably one per cent of farmers are abandoning farms. General condi- tions: About 77 per cent of last year. Feed and water shortage. No cash crop. Cows not giving as much milk due to lack of proper ration. 9,498 cattle shipped; 11,886 bought; 10,586 to be shipped (approximately 5,000 more to be purchased) an attempt will be made to winter 10,000 head, although insufficient feed for wintering. No Wheat In McIntosh McIntosh county—There will be no wheat harvest. No harvest of oats, barley or flax. County will not get its seed back. Corn is drying up and .| will not mature. Emergency feed Carl’s Pork and Beans, No. Grapenut Flakes ... cattle and sheep. Farmers “will stick | Grocery Phone 371 “Dependable” We Deliver Ital. Prunes Fruits Crate Vegetables 85c COLLEGE INN Noodle Dinner, Rice Dinner, Chicken and Egg Noodle Dinner Corned Beef Hash, 1 Ib. jar ........... Veal Loaf, IGA, 7 oz. tin ............. Diced Carrots, No. 2 tin ............. See IGA Adv. for More Specials Swift’s Smoked Meats C. J. Tullberg, Prop. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1984 jerops are drying up, are expected to Produce a 10 per cent feed crop. Con- dition of cattle is “fair—but going back.” Small calves and isolated herds are dying. Sheep are begin- ning to die. Very few farmers have abandoned tracts. General condi- tio 75 per cent worse than a year ago. 1,100 cattle shipped; 1,700 bought; 2,300 to be shipped. Approxi- mately 7,000 can be wintered. Insuf- ficient feéd for wintering. Kidder county—No wheat will be harvested here. Oats and barley— 05 per cent. Flax, none. Very doubtful if more than @ half-crop of corn fodder. Maturing of corn doubt- ful without marked change of weath- er. Emergency feed crops no good.” Condition of cattle: Fair, 8,000 shipped, 13,000 purchased 5,000 still to be shipped. About 10,00C can be win- tered on local feed. Cattle dying {from starvation in certain parts county, conditions rapidly getting worse. Many localities out of water; for lack of which many cattle “soon will be” dying. Approximately 20 farms abandoned. General condi- tions: Much worse than last year, which “was easy—farmers See in spite of no Sida ROR a CONTINUE from page one- $50,000 Believed Paid for Freedom Of Kidnap Victim “Mr. Labatt was released by the kidnapers on the outskirts of Toron- to. He had some experience, but is unharmed and is now in London in the company of his brother, Hugh Labatt.” Chief Draper said he had obtained this information from R. G. Ivey, a ae of the Labatt family’s legal irm. Hugh Labatt, who had waited at a Toronto hotel for two days in an effort to make contact with the kid- napers and pay over the ransom money, was believed to have been at Windsor, right across the border from Detroit, some time during the night. It was not indicated, however, wheth- er the contact had been made there. Claude Savage, another family lawyer, confirmed the original an- nouncement of Labatt’s release. Labatt was “nervous and haggard,” Savage said, but otherwise showed no apparent signs of mistreatment. Phy- sicians ordered him to take a long rest. E. N. Burke, manager of the Labatt brewery, told The Associated Press Labatt returned in “fine condition.” Must Take a Rest “He is home with his family,” said Burke, who was in the Labatt home at the time. “He positively is not ill, but he must rest.” Asked whether the ransom ‘was paid and where Labatt was released, Burke replied, “We were asked not to tell.” Savage likewise declined to shed any light on these points. Inspector W. H. Lougheed of the Ontario provincial police in Toronto expressed doubt the $150,000 ransom had been paid but negotiations for Labatt’s liberation were conducted with such secrecy that many officials there were completely in the dark on the case. Ontario was announced Thursday night by a police official in Toronto, where Hugh Labatt, brother of the freedom. Hugh disappeared from his hotel Thursday for many hours on a secret mission and it was believed he con- tacted the criminals during this pe- riod. They had called him by tele- phone three times during the preced- ing night. Details to Be Kept Secret Savage said details of Labatt’s cap- | tivity would be kept a close secret until authorities had gone over the crime with him. Canada’s famous Royal Mounted police had joined in the search for Labatt, which extended along the United States Border and into De- troit. An authoritative source said the family made two definite contacts with the racketeers but refused to pay the ransom until they had as- surance that Labatt was alive ‘The Canadian press said it learned Labatt had been brought to the Royal York hotel, from which his brother Hugh had conducted negotiations with the abductors, some time Thurs- day night or Friday morning. The Canadian press said it learned, further, that Hugh Labatt had never left the hotel, although police late Thursday told reporters he had been outside for at least 12 hours. Hugh Labatt, the Canadian -press said, merely transferred from room 529 to room 430 in an effort to throw the numerous persons following the case off the track. Death Was Threatened Since he suffered from a heart ail- ment, grave fears were held for his health while he was a captive. The ransom note left in his automobile, signed “Three-Fingered Abe,” threat- ened death to the prisoner: if the ransom were not paid within 2¢ hours. The brothers went directly to le 2 tin ee eeecee D | Evidence that Labatt was held prisoner in a farm house in western victim, conducted negotiations for his Hugh’s home, in an apartment build- ing, and a police guard, which had remained there overnight, was doubled. Labatt went to bed immediately. It was reported he ate nothing before retiring, indicating he nad been well fed by his abductors. His wife and children were waiting at the apartment when John arrived and there was a joyful reunion. London was asleep when one of its leading citizens returned to his fam- ily from the hands of kidnapers. Ex- tra editions of newspapers circulated the glad news two hours afterward. 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It’s just as easy to say, dividend at the expense of the pub- “EMPRESS,” when you're lic but who are also watching their ordering coffee. smaller competitors go to the wall.” ering Nye was assailed NRA frequently in| the past. His statement included the telegraphic request he sent to John- son and Johnson's reply. His telegram said in part: “Strong evidence presented me that public is being gouged under so-called PHONE 9 pita emergency price fixing order in rub- 626 ber tire code. I understand that price fixing agreement reached at instance of so-called big four who are alleged to be controlling factor in in- dustry and some few other rubber leaders on the excuse of preventing price war. “Arrangement looks suspiciously like a plan to ultimately eliminate lesser and smaller tire manufacturers | who musf sell at same price as big | four who have advantage of larger capital and national advertising to insure consumer acceptance.” Johnson replied the matter was un- | der advisement and that: “The plan would preserve rather; than destroy the little fellow. Find it relates more to the consumer due; to increase price.” Nye commented that the answer was | “inconclusive.” Price fixing for tires was allowed on the ground that an emergency was threatened because of destructive competition. Nye said prices had ad- vanced 30 to 40 per cent since. Sunshine Krispy Crackers, 2-pound Kellogg’s Corn Flakes or Blue Barrel Soap Chips, 5-lb. pkg... 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